# Installed Llama 1.0.0

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> Published: 2026-11-15 07:00:00+00:00

I have been **compiling** `llama-cpp` to run LLMs locally for about a year. This took about **20 minutes** each time because I could not run it on multiple threads because my GPU does not have enough memory. Today I decided to download the pre-built **Llama** package for version 1.0.0, which was released a few days ago.

This **installs** the `llama` command in the terminal, so you can run `llama serve` and then the arguments for the inference server. Everything worked perfectly the first time, and I had `Ternary-Bonsai-2-2B-Q2_0.gguf` running right away, complete with my MCP server.

I feel like **Llama** (`llama-cpp`) will eventually **replace AI subscriptions** and companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. It will take a few years for hardware to improve, and become more affordable (I don't recommend buying any expensive computer equipment right now). With local inference, you get privacy, and save a network round-trip—so it will eventually be faster to run Llama than to use an online service.